ENG-3
Contents
Foreword
Safety Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
VCR Overviews
Front View of the VCR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Rear View of the VCR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Infrared Remote Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Display Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Inserting Batteries in the Remote Control . . . . 9
Connecting Your Video Cassette Recorder
Connecting Your VCR to the TV
using the Coaxial Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Connecting Your VCR to the TV
using the RCA Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Connecting Other Equipment to Your VCR . . 10
Plug & Auto Set Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Tuning Your Television for the VCR . . . . . . . . 11
Setting Up Your Video Cassette Recorder
Setting the Date and Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Displaying/Hiding On-Screen Information . . . . 12
Choosing Your Language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Setting the VCR Output Channel . . . . . . . . . . 13
Selecting the RF OUT Sound Mode . . . . . . . . . 13
Presetting the Stations Automatically . . . . . . . 14
Presetting the Stations Manually . . . . . . . . . . 15
Clearing a Preset Station . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Changing the Preset Station Table . . . . . . . . . 16
Recording Television Broadcasts
Selecting the Cassette Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Selecting the Recording Speed . . . . . . . . . . 17
NICAM (SV-677I Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Recording a Programme Immediately . . . . . . 18
Protecting a Recorded Cassette . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Recording a Programme with Automatic Stop . . . 18
Using the Timer Programming Feature . . . . . 19
Checking a Preset Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Cancelling a Preset Recording . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Playing Back
Playing a Cassette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Adjusting Picture Alignment Automatically
(SV-276I/SV-272I Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Adjusting Picture Alignment Manually . . . . . . 20
Intelligent Picture Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Intelligent Picture Control
(SV-276I/SV-272I Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Selecting the Colour Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Selecting the Audio Output Mode
(SV-677I Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Selecting the Audio Mute Mode
(SV-476I/SV-276I/SV-272I Only) . . . . . . . . . . 22
Playing a Cassette in Slow Motion
(SV-677I/476I Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Searching for a Sequence
Playing a Sequence Frame by Frame . . . . . . 23
Picture Search, Fast Forward/Rewind . . . . . . 23
Searching for a Specific Sequence . . . . . . . . 24
Auto Repeat Play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Interval Repeat Play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Easy operation
Using the Tape Counter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Advanced Recording Features
Connecting an RCA Audio/Video Input Cable
(SV-677I/SV-476I Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Using the Assemble Edit Function . . . . . . . . . . 27
Recording from Another VCR or Camcorder . . . 27
Easy operation
Audio Dubbing a Pre-recorded Cassette
(SV-677I Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Using the TV Buttons on the Remote Control
(SV-677I/SV-476I Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Auto Power off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Solving Problems
Technical Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Problems and Solutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
TV Frequency Table (System B/G-D/K-I) . . . . 32
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